BRISBANE, Australia — A man who fell seven stories to his death in Australia on Sunday was believed to have been participating in a new craze called “planking,” in which people lie face-down on ...

He was nominated to represent his country at the Paralympic Opening Ceremony by Luca Pancalli, the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee. Born in Selva di Val Gardena, Bolzano, the 40-year-old ...

I thought the planking meme was dead, dead, dead. DEAD. But this pastor—most probably a friend of the couple—thought it needed a wedding planker to be truly dead. OK, Mr. Pastor sir, you win. We now ...

Florian Planker is no stranger to international sporting tournaments. Having represented Italy in three Paralympic Games as an alpine skier, he switched over to ice sledge hockey in 2006 and has not ...

“Our goal is to directly qualify for Sochi this year.” Editor’s note: Every Wednesday in the lead-up to the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships this season, Paralympic.org will ...

The Planker is a breakfast sandwich. And oh, what a sandwich it is. Stacked between halves of a toasted Kaiser roll, not one but two medium-fried eggs squeeze in with slices of bacon and ham, tomato ...